Detroit Tigers drop Game 2 vs. Houston Astros, 3-2: Game thread recap
Detroit Tigers (33-43) vs. Houston Astros (47-29)
When: 1:10 p.m., 6:10 p.m. Saturday; day-night doubleheader with two seven-inning games.
Where: Comerica Park.
TV: Bally Sports Detroit.
Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1) in Detroit (Tigers radio affiliates).
Game time forecast: Game 2 — Cloudy, 82 degrees.
Starting pitchers: Game 2 — Tigers RHP Wily Peralta (0-1, 7.11) vs. Astros RHP Lance McCullers Jr. (4-1, 2.90)
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Game notes: Friday's scheduled game was rained out and rescheduled as part of a day-night doubleheader Saturday, with 1:10 p.m. and 6:10 p.m. start times. Remember: Both games are seven innings under baseball's pandemic rules. In Game 1, Casey Mize delivered six innings of one-run ball, scattering six hits and striking out five over 101 pitches. Zack Short, called up as the 27th man for the doubleheader started at shortstop and went 2-for-2 with his first major-league homer, a two-run shot to right which gave the Tigers the lead in the fifth inning. The Tigers' win snapped an 11-game winning streak for the Astros.
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Game 2 lineup
1. CF Akil Baddoo
2. 1B Jonathan Schoop
3. LF Robbie Grossman
4. DH Miguel Cabrera
5. RF Nomar Mazara
6. C Eric Haase
7. 2B Willi Castro
8. 3B Harold Castro
9. SS Zack Short
P Wily Peralta
